Gianluigi, thank you so much for those sources. I should have contacted you directly in the first place. Much appreciated! And Charles, you have gone to the essence of what I am interested in conveying to the students. I have only a few lectures to deal with this in the module but I want to at least *introduce *them to the complexity of debates about a) human rights and universality and b) competing notions of communitarianism and cosmopolitanism in global politics. I think that is essential for any kind of critical engagement with concepts of Internet Freedom. Fascinating work on individualism and data privacy in China, thank you Charles. I was not aware of those legal developments, though I guess you are, Gianluigi? Interesting times, indeed. Madeline Dr. Madeline Carr Lecturer in International Politics and the Cyber Dimension Department of International Politics Aberystwyth University Penglais, Aberystwyth SY23 3FE Wales +44 01970 621955 mob: 0752 867 2088 madelinemcarr@gmail.com On 5 August 2013 06:32, Charles Ess <charles.ess@gmail.com> wrote:
In hopes this does not confuse matter, but you also noted that you want
students to critically analyse state policies and the underlying arguments that shape them.
From my perspective, insofar as "Internet freedom" (positive freedom? negative freedom? - both, I assume?) rests on specific assumptions / beliefs / hopes about the nature / characteristics of selfhood and identity (i.e., much of high modern Western notions of freedom rest on squarely individual and strongly rational notions of selfhood) - It is worth noting as well, I think, that there are strong trends towards what might be called individualization in these otherwise strongly collective societies and the relational selves they implicate. See:
Yunxiang Yan. The Chinese path to individualization. The British Journal of Sociology 61 (3: 2010): 489-512. Mette Halskov Hansen and Rune Svarverud (eds.), The Rise of the Individual in Modern Chinese Society, Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2010.
As well, though I only have a conference presentation to document it - others here may well have better resources - what I find especially staggering is the introduction of _individual_ privacy rights in the constitution of the P.R.C. in the past few years:
Suli Sui. The law and regulation on privacy in China. Paper presented at the Rising Pan European and International Awareness of Biometrics and Security Ethics (RISE) conference, October 20-21, 2011. Beijing, China.
Cf. Graham Greenleaf, Asia-Pacific data privacy: 2011, year of revolution? UNSW Law Research Paper No. 2011-29, 2011. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1914212
There is even discussion among legal scholars in the P.R.C., I am told, of introducing due process rights - i.e., the rights that have been largely lost in the U.S. (and elsewhere) following 9/11, as the recent NSA revelations underline.
Interesting world we live in. In all events, best of luck with your course!
- charles ess
Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication
Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/center/media-innovations/>
University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: c.m.ess@media.uio.no
On 03.08.13 12:49, "Madeline Carr" <madeline.carr@aber.ac.uk> wrote:
Hi all,
It seems we're all working to get our syllabi together for next semester and the hunt for quality sources begins. I'm writing a new module on Internet Freedom and I would like to provide the students with a balanced account of objections raised by some states like China. There is plenty available from a Western perspective that critiques Chinese approaches but I want something that challenges the students to consider alternative perspectives. This might include the argument about cultural imperialism, language preservation, social cohesion etc... Could anyone point me to a good article or chapter that looks at non-Western objections to Internet Freedom in a balanced way?
Thanks,
Madeline
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